For a few years, Ocean Shores had a full-time city attorney. When she left about two years ago, they went back to having a part-time contract city attorney. It was Doug Lewis for awhile, and then he had enough and they retained Art Blauvelt. The problem is, I don't believe that they pay him to go to all of the meetings. He is kind of "on-call." Art is a smart guy, but I get the impression that Ocean Shores does a lot of things without consulting him at all. I guess their philosophy is that if they don't hear the city attorney's advice, they don't have to heed it.

Thanks for the perspective.

I have worked with both Doug and Art, and have great respect for both.

You're welcome, Turnow. I also have great respect for Doug and Art, as well as Dan Glenn, whom I assume you were referring to earlier. Dan is like the Everready Bunny. He has survived so many mayors in so many cities that it is unbelievable

I was indeed referring to Dan, whom I admire greatly, and whose ethics are above reproach. Likewise Doug and Art.

Having observed Dan at hundreds of council meetings, almost without exception he has enjoyed the respect and trust of all those different mayors and councilpersons, even though he always gave it to them straight.

Years ago my sister brought out the 1963 Jefferson Jr. High (Olympia) annual, and as I leafed through it there I found a young Dan Glenn in the faculty photo. I had left Jefferson in Nov. 1962 so had no idea that he'd taught there. He taught English, I think, for a year or two before going to law school.

He and I, though residing on different sides of the political center, developed a close relationship over the years, with him often jabbing at my political ideals and me jabbing back. He also produced a couple of overly complimentary, appropriately humorous council resolutions noting a couple of my resignations, copies of which I retain today.

I just love the guy.

BTW I attended Lewis and Clark in 1968 and 1969, which is, I think about the time the law school was under development.

Ditto that.

"Above reproach" is exactly right. Besides that, he's from Satsop.

Indeed. I remember many occasions when he launched into his "I'm only a farm boy from Satsop" routine and knowing whomever he was addressing should better watch out.

I attended Lewis and Clark Law School from 1976 to 1979. The law school at one time was called Northwestern School of Law and was in an office building in downtown Portland. It became a part of Lewis and Clark College at about the time you mentioned and was moved to a separate campus which was built a short distance away from the undergraduate campus.

As I recall the L & C law school campus was under construction when I was there. Some of us engaged in a bit of harmless mischief at the construction site.

Being one myself, he had to use a different tack.

... but the result was the same.

Yeah, I always called BS when he tried it on me, after I came to understand it was a routine, that is.